Objectives
By the end of this unit, students will be able to:
- Compare and contrast the adolescent and educational backgrounds of Abraham Lincoln, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and Kenneth Yamaoka to their own
- Speculate and argue the likelihood of their own ability to rise to the Office of President
- Gain a understanding and nuance perspective into the qualifications necessary of those elected to the office
- Understand that their life situation does not dictate their future and realize that they can overcome any institutional/systematic barrier through perseverance and calculated planning
- After reading the fictionalized account of a person of minority ascending to President, create a comic book account of their own young life and the imagined reality of running for office
- Enumerate and analyze specific elements of autobiography (character, style and theme)
- Write a letter to their youngest sibling or cousin describing what they have learned about Presidential possibility throughout the course of the unit
- Feel a tangible connection between their lives and their participation in the United States government
A Note on Standards
This curriculum unit is designed for an elective credit class that is not tailored to any specific standards. This unit can however be easily adapted to the standards for both History as well as English classes within in High School level core standards.
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